During the closing keynote of day 2 of the HIMSS & Health 2.0 Middle East Digital Event, prominent regional health leaders came together to reflect on the preparedness of health systems to fully optimise the value of data during the pandemic, in the session, ‘COVID-19: Making the Most of Data in Times of Health Crisis.’ The speakers were Alia Bahanshal, […]
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For so many people longing to have a child, using a surrogate mother or gestational carrier is a miraculous answer to their problems. But though it’s become much more common recently, the practice is still quite fraught with legal and moral dilemmas, as one recent Reddit post from a surrogate has tragically illustrated. The post is from BIrthParent_Pro, a woman […]
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At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic there was an enormous amount of concern and attention focused on elderly people—and for good reason: people over the age of 65 years are among the most vulnerable to serious health complications, including death, from the virus. It did not take long, however, for significant media and public health attention to turn towards […]
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Moderna Inc. is taking the next step to distribute its experimental coronavirus vaccine. In a statement on Monday, the biotech company said it intends to request approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their COVID-19 vaccine, which Moderna says is 94 percent effective at preventing the virus and 100 percent effective at preventing severe COVID-19 cases. Moderna said […]
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New research presented at Euroanaesthesia (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care [ESAIC) shows that the use of virtual reality glasses or medical hypnosis can alleviate both pain and anxiety in patients undergoing short medical procedures. The study is by anaesthetist Dr. E. Kubra Okur Kavak, paediatrician Dr. Gerlant van Berlaer, and colleagues from the […]
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When celebrity makeup artist Monika Blunder was younger, her classmates used to make fun of her last name. Now, it’s going on a makeup line of her own making. The artist is launching Monika Blunder Beauty with two products — a concealer-foundation hybrid named Blunder Cover, and corresponding Hybrid Face Brush — on the brand’s web site and neimanmarcus.com on […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. High blood pressure is medically known as hypertension and is when your blood pressure, the force of the blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels, is consistently too high. This has the net result of […]
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Americans should brace for a “surge upon a surge” in the coronavirus as millions of travelers return home after the Thanksgiving holiday, US government scientist Anthony Fauci said Sunday. “There almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what has happened with the travel,” Fauci told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We may see a surge upon a […]
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Encouraging people to eat more dried fruit — without added sugar — could be an effective way to boost their intake of vital nutrients, researchers have concluded. Low consumption of fruit in the United States and other countries is a major contributor to diet-related disease and disability, according to a recent analysis. Fruit is a good source of nutrients, such […]
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Thanksgiving is over, so now what? If you had a smaller celebration this year, you may not have absurd amounts of leftover turkey, but you may have some extra — and one thing we always seem to have too much of is cranberry sauce. Well, when it comes to using up Thanksgiving leftovers, Martha Stewart has us covered. The domestic […]
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